Dead

[Mr Fool has died.]

[Retired Loli Sovereign is now online.]

[Witch of the Void is now online.]

[Teriri is now online.]

[Advocate of Gender Equality is now online.]

[Konakona is now online.]

[Black Start is now online.]

[Great Teacher Onizuka is now online.]

[Advocate of Gender Equality: "Sooo… he's dead? Like really dead?"]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "RIP."]

[Konakona: "+1"]

[Great Teacher Onizuka: "+1"]

[Teriri: I know we haven't known him for long, but shouldn't you be a little more respectful of the dead?"]

[Witch of the Void: "I'm of the same opinion of Theresa."]

[Black Star: Have you two not read Lord of the Mysteries, Klein's story?"]

[Witch of the Void: "No. I haven't had much time recently. I'm kept busy with the Fourth Primogenitor as one of my students in addition to my regular job."

[Teriri: Similarly, I haven't read it. Though I chose not to read it after hearing Huang Luan's explanation about Klein's."]

[Advocate of Gender Equality: Same, and for the same reason as the loli Principal.]

[Konakona: I've read a few hundred chapters, so I know what's happening. Out of all our stories, his is one of the more interesting ones.]

[Black Star: I've read about the same before I stopped. I agree that knowing too much is more of a detriment than an advantage unless we're strong enough to deal with it. Unfortunately, the only one with enough strength is probably Huang Luan. Like her, I'd recommend not reading too far if at all. But more to the point, Klein isn't dead permanently. He'll be back in a day or two, depending on the time dilation between worlds, he may even be back in a couple of minutes. I'm not clear on the specifics, but he can revive after death."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "Yeah, the cowardly trio are infamously difficult to kill."]

[Konakona: Cowardly trio?"]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "The Pathway of Klein and its neighbouring pathways. At High-Sequences, they are all especially good at evading death, running away, and fighting without actually being in the fight, or just flat out never being caught in a fight. Also, this won't be the first time Klein dies, so get used to it. Heh, he'll even kill himself to get out of bad situations."]

[Mr Fool has been resurrected.]

[Black Star: "See, I knew he'd be back soon."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "How does it feel being buried?"]

Over in the cemetery, Klein is looking at the chat history from the point of his death onwards.

[Mr Fool: "I'm going to pay more attention to my story from now on…"]

[Black Star: That's probably fine, just don't go too far past where you currently are in life. Now that this has been settled, I've got some leeks to farm."]

[Black Star is now offline.]

[Teriri: "Since Klein is fine, I'm also going to go. Kiana skipped class again and needs a special private lesson. And Rita was hanging around the school today and she wouldn't give me a clear reason so that's another things I need to deal with."]

[Teriri is now offline.]

[Mr Fool: "I've already performed a divination and more or less understand why I died. Huang Luan, what can you tell me about Sealed Artifact 0-08 and Ince Zangwill?"]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "That is difficult to answer. What I can say is to be aware of coincidences. Something special about 0-08 is that the more you know about it, the more it knows about you. For starters, what do you already know about it?"

[Mr Fool: "I'm only aware that it's a somewhat unassuming quill that can write with no ink. And that it causes the events which it writes to happen. There should be some kind of restriction though. Otherwise, things probably would have been much different."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "Since you already know the basics then you're all set. Any more would be a detriment."]

[Mr Fool: "I'll make sure to keep that in mind then."]

[Konakona: "Is it possible for me to become a Beyonder? From what I've read you Beyonders are really strong and it's even a way to become a God."]

[Mr Fool: "If what you seek is strength, there are definitely safer and less risky methods than being a Beyonder, it isn't a very safe profession. I don't know about Huang Luan's situation but in my world, it's the only system of power so there isn't much choice. If you're not careful you could go mad and lose control, then turn into a monster. Consuming the potion alone can cause paranoia and hallucinations, you'll hear things that shouldn't be heard and if you listen too closely you'll go insane. There is nothing wrong with your reasoning for wanting more strength to protect yourself, but I would consider other options first if I was in your position."]

[Advocate of Gender Equality: "I thought about asking too, but I think I'll stick to less suicidal methods of getting stronger."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "And your real reasoning, Konata?"]

[Konakona: "If I was a Sleepless I could spend all night gaming and not feel tired."]

[Mr Fool: "..."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "Yep, figured it was something like that."]

[Advocate of Gender Equality: "That's such an otaku reason for picking a profession… as a fellow person of culture, I approve!"]

[Retired Loli Sovereign: "Klein, just find the potion formula for the Darkness, or rather, the Sleepless Pathway. Materials for the potion can be obtained from the shop, in case you haven't noticed and the low sequence ingredients are relatively cheap, I don't really have any need to spend points so I can buy some as well. Do this and I'll help you on some matters in the future."]

[Retired Loli Sovereign is now offline.]

[Great Teacher Onizuka: "Lulu is being unusually kind, especially when it comes to Klein's matters."]

[Konakona: "You know her personally right? What's she usually like?"]

[Great Teacher Onizuka: "I wouldn't say she's a bad person, but she doesn't usually go out of her way to help others. Usually, she's pretty cold or standoffish when it comes to dealing with other people. And she's got a nasty temper, I remember getting beat up a lot for silly reasons… why I am friends with her again? But she's also kinda lazy and seems to dislike listening to others whenever someone asks her to do if she thinks it's troublesome, but she's also more than willing to do hard work if she thinks it would be fun. But this is just my impression of Lulu after spending my high school days with her."]

[Mr Fool: "She had mentioned previously that it was also in Her best interest that I get stronger. I'd assume that She wants something from me and the requirement for completing this goal is that I get stronger."]

[Great Teacher Onizuka: Oh and if you treat her as a child she'll get upset, but she doesn't hesitate to use her appearance to her advantage and act like a child to get what she wants, although she's a very bad actor…"]

...

Meanwhile, leaving the rest of the group members to themselves, Huang Luan walks back to the Kawakami Temple. She could have arrived within a matter of seconds using her abilities to distort the space between the school and the temple, but after hearing about who was transferring in tomorrow, Huang Luan was in a good mood and decided to walk back like a normal person. That is until she came up to the Bridge of Weirdos.

The Bridge of Weirdos is a strange place in Kawakami City where the strangest and most perverted people can be found even in broad daylight. A bridge the unfortunately many Kawakami students must cross.

"This is simultaneously my favourite and least favourite place in Kawakami. To skip it or not to skip it, that is the question…" Huang Luan mumbles. "I'm in a good mood, I guess I can cross, what're the chances that something is gonna happen."

But as Huang Luan is halfway across the bridge, a man in a long trench coat walks up to her, "H-hey there, little girl. Do you want to see something nice, guhwehwehwe," he says with a creepy laugh. "Take a good look," he says as he tries to open his trench coat and flash Huang Luan.

"DIE PERVERT!!!!" Huang Luan shouts as loud as she can as she kicks the exhibitionist into the river.

*splash*

Hearing him crash into the river, Huang Luan looks down to her left foot, 'I need to get a new shoe and maybe a new sock… and possibly new pants. Then I need to go burn the old ones that hit that pervert. But before any of that, I need a bath.'

Not taking any more chances, her good mood ruined, Huang Luan takes another step forward and shows up at the end of the bridge instantly. Her mood soiled, Huang Luan silently steps back to the guest room at the Kawakami temple and prepares her bath.

…

A few hours later Huang Luan wanders out from her room in search of food. Arriving in the living room, Tesshin and Lu are seated around a small table, enjoying some tea.

"Hey, Tesshin, what's up for dinner?" Huang Luan asks.

"I was thinking of going out to eat once Momoyo and Kazuko return, and when your friend arrives," Tesshin says.

"A pleasure to see you again Huang-san. You still look as good as you did 20 years ago."

"Naturally, hahaha!" Huang Luan laughs with pride.

'Still as childish too, but I've upset her enough today with the morning assembly, so I won't say anything,' Tesshin thinks as he sips his tea.

It doesn't take much longer before the two sisters return home.

"Huh, my cute girl sensor is tingling!" Momoyo yells as she runs into the room.

And right behind Momoyo is Kazuko, "Ah! It's the transfer student. When I get stronger I want a rematch."

"... You wouldn't accept it if I forfeit, would you?" Huang Luan asks, while also dodging Momoyo's attempt at hugging her.

"Of course not," Kazuko says with a bright smile on her face.

Huang Luan sighs, "Figures… anyway, it's been a while, Moyomoyo."

"Huh? Moyomoyo? Do I know you? But there's no way I would have forgotten such an adorable little girl."

Interrupting, Tesshin says, "It's normal for you not to remember her, Momoyo. The first time the two of you met, you were only a few months old. She heard you misspeak your name once when you were an infant and she's called you that way since. As you know, this is one of the new transfer students from today, Huang Luan, she's also an old friend of mine."

"If she's your friend then she's a loli baba… that's fine too, as long as she's cute!" Momoyo says, trying to hug Huang Luan.

While the two of them continue the game of cat and mouse from where they left off during lunch, Tesshin says, "She'll be staying here for the foreseeable future so get along. Also, we'll be receiving another guest from China soon, she will also be transferring into 2-F tomorrow. Similar to how Margit Eberbach is attending Kawakami to watch over Chris, our new arrival will be serving the same role for Huang Luan. She should be here soon."

"Hmm… is Huang-san important?" Kazuko asks.

"Feel free to call me Lulu," Huang Luan says as she evades Momoyo's grasp again.

"Grand Master, shouldn't we stop those two, they're making a mess," Lu says.

"Luan will end it on her own once she gets bored or when her guardian arrives. And this could be good for Momoyo, people who can match her physical ability are rare and she seems to be having fun," Tesshin says.

As a couple more minutes pass, Tesshin, Lu, and Kazuko are sitting around the small table watching the show between Momoyo and Huang Luan when they hear someone call out from the entrance.

One of the monks guides the guest to where everyone else is, causing Huang Luan to instantly change directions and jump towards the new red-haired guest.

"Yay! Wuwu, you're here! I missed you!" Huang Luan yells as Wu Song catches her.

Wu Song speaks in a gentle voice as she puts Huang Luan down, but behind her gentle voice is a sense of annoyance, "Elder, we saw each other just over a week ago, so it has not been that long… however, I recall you saying when asked about how you were doing at school, you said it was fine and that everything was okay. But then the next thing headquarters hears is that you've been expelled. It would be one thing if you used you're own money to pay the tuition, but you always take money from Liangshan Yi's treasury to pay the tuition."

But before Wu Song can continue, Huang Luan looks up at her while curling herself up to make herself look smaller as tears form in the corner of her eyes, "D-does Wuwu... h-hate me? I-I'm s-sorry, don't hate me Wuwu!"

"Elder, don't cry, I don't hate you."

"No! Wuwu hates me now. You don't even call me by name anymore! So I hate Wuwu too!" Huang Luan says with clearly fake tears flowing down her face.

Hearing Huang Luan say that she hates her, Wu Song kneels down and hugs her, "No, no, don't worry, I love you very much Lulu so don't say you hate me. Hearing that makes me very sad."

"R-really? Do you forgive me?" Huang Luan asks with a shaky voice.

"Yes, I love Lulu. And don't worry you're forgiven," Wu Song says.

Hugging Wu Song, Huan Luan says cheerfully, "Lulu also loves Wuwu a lot."

But with her head past Wu Song's shoulder, Huan Luan reveals a small smirk, 'All according to plan.'

At the same time, Tesshin, Lu, Momoyo, and even Kazuko think, 'There's no way she actually believed that act, right?'